Barbary captives : an anthology of early modern slave memoirs by Europeans in North Africa / Mario Klarer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klarer, Mario, 1962- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Africa, North--History--Sources.

Slavery.

Captivity narratives--Africa, North.

Captivity narratives.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (415 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2022]

Summary:

In the early modern period, hundreds of thousands of Europeans, both men and women, were abducted by pirates, sold on the slave market, and enslaved in North Africa. Barbary Captives brings together a selection of early modern slave narratives in English translation for the first time.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Balthasar Sturmer, Account of the Travels of Mister Balthasar Sturmer (1558 German manuscript

captivity in Tunis 1534-1535

complete text)

2. Antonio de Sosa, Topography of Algiers: Attempted Escape of Miguel de Cervantes (1612 Spanish print edition

captivity in Algiers 1577

selection)

3. Ólafur Egilsson, The Travels of Reverend Ólafur Egilsson (undated Icelandic manuscripts

Icelandic raid and captivity in Algiers 1627-1628

4. Emanuel d'Aranda, Short Story of My Unfortunate Journey (undated Dutch manuscript

captivity in Algiers 1640-1641

complete captivity narrative)

5. Antoine Quartier, The Religious Slave and His Adventures (1690 French print edition

captivity in Tripoli 1660-1668

6. Andreas Matthäus and Johann Georg Wolffgang, Travels and Wonderful Fortunes of Two Brothers in Algerian Bondage (1767 German print edition

captivity in Algiers 1684-1688

7. Isaac Brassard, The Tale of Mr. Brassard's Captivity in Algiers (1878 French print edition

captivity in Algiers 1687-1688

8. Thomas Pellow, The History of the Long Captivity and Adventures of Thomas Pellow ([1740?] British print edition

captivity in Morocco 1715-1738

9. Hark Olufs, The Remarkable Adventures of Hark Olufs (1747 Danish print edition

captivity in Constantine 1724-1735

10. Maria ter Meetelen, Miraculous and Remarkable Events of Twelve Years of Slavery (1748 Dutch print edition

captivity in Morocco 1731-1743

11. Marcus Berg, Description of the Barbaric Slavery in the Kingdom of Fez and Morocco (1757 Swedish print edition

captivity in Morocco 1754-1756

selection).

12. Elizabeth Marsh, Narrative of Elizabeth Marsh's Captivity in Barbary (undated British manuscript

captivity in Morocco 1756

13. Felice Caronni, The Account of an Amateur Antiquarian's Short Journey (1805 Italian print edition

captivity in Tunis 1804

Appendix: Selection of European and American Barbary Captivity Narratives

List of Works Cited and General Works on North African Piracy and Captivity

Index of Persons and Locations.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Klarer, Mario Barbary Captives

ISBN:

0-231-55512-1

OCLC:

1298391959